Industry Ponders How To Keep Tornado In Service Until 2040

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
Keeping Germany’s fleet of Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in service into the 2030s—or until 2040—has become an industry goal. The backbone of the Luftwaffe’s ground-attack capability, the Tornado entered service in 1979 to provide ground-attack, reconnaissance and suppression/destruction of enemy...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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